Beijing-Sana
Syrian plastic artist Walid Ali inaugurated his third artistic cultural exhibition in the Chinese city of Nanjing entitled “Syria’s Third Step on the Silk Road… Reflections of Light,” which aims to strengthen the Syrian cultural relationship in Chinese society.
Ali stressed in a speech during the opening ceremony that the exhibition is a step within the cultural project carried out by his Syrian family in China, which aims to enhance the Chinese society's knowledge of Syrian culture and civilization, noting that the word "light reflections" is only an expression of the reflections of light and the Syrian impact in his paintings that mix Between the Syrian-Damascus and rural memory and the Chinese nature
Ali expressed the hope that there will be other steps in the future on the Silk Road between Syria and China, saying: "We always work for my family and I to be part of the bridge of Chinese-Syrian cultural exchange and that Syria's message is always peace."
And embodied the artist's paintings on old Damascus and the artist's village Tallinn and paintings of Chinese nature.
On the sidelines of the exhibition, the Syrian family will hold various artistic activities to enhance the Chinese society’s knowledge of the Syrian civilization and a number of cultural lectures, in addition to showing the film “The Dream That Has Come True” by Syrian director Ali Ali, which was ranked among the first distinguished films within the graduation film festival for master’s students at Nanjing University of the Arts Chinese.
The opening ceremony was attended by representatives of the Chinese government in Jiangsu Province, the Federation of Chinese Plastic Artists, the Federation of Chinese Designers, and a number of Chinese professors, plastic artists and designers.